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Welcome to the Young Pioneer Tours blog about everything North Korea, and all of our other special off the beaten the track destinations.
Since starting in 2008 we have seen blogging about North Korea and our other great destinations as a great way to engage with our customers and to show the world a slice of life in the great destinations we visit.
Due to the mass amount of great content we create, as well as receive from our Pioneers we have since started our travel lifestyle magazine “The Young Pioneer”.
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Oman – A Sea of Tranquility
12 February 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
International tour manager Shane just returned from this easternmost Arab country having completed a research tour in preparation for our Oman Desert Essentials tour next May that links perfectly with our Socotra tour! (We’re quite excited about that o …
How Do I Get To South Ossetia?
8 February 2018 / by Pier Doyon
One of the world’s newest partially recognized countries, South Ossetia, otherwise known state of ”Alania”, remains relatively cut off from the outside world. So what’s the route one must take to reach this mountainous enclave? Getting in Firstly the o …
Is it safe to travel to Colombia?
8 February 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Colombia has had a hell of a recent history. From the end of the 1940s to the beginning of the 1950s there was even a few years known simply as “La Violencia” – the Violence. So you might ask – is travel to Colombia safe? But in more recent times the c …
Bukhara: The best city in Uzbekistan
8 February 2018 / by Ben Crowley
This is pretty controversial, especially if any Uzbeks end up reading this, but Bukhara is by far the best city in Uzbekistan. What do I mean by best? Well, it’s certainly not the most cosmopolitan. That title, of course, goes to Tashkent, a city in wh …
5 Reasons to Visit Jordan
8 February 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Surrounded on all sides by Syria, Iraq, Israel and Egypt, Jordan unfortunately suffers guilt by association in regards to safety. However, Jordan is one of the safest and forward-thinking countries in the Middle East. The country has been dubbed “an op …
Explore Middle America with a Fellow YPT Traveler
7 February 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Written by Brendan Iglehart, who’s travelled with us to North Korea, Cuba, and Transnistria If you’re like me (and I think most of you are), you love exploring edgy, far-off places. However, on my most recent YPT trip, I had an epiphany while riding th …
Top 5 National Holidays in Central Asia
6 February 2018 / by Ben Crowley
# 5 Nowruz Celebrated all over Central Asia, Nowruz is actually Persian New Year, but has been adopted since the Soviet Union as a local tradition. Exactly how it’s celebrated varies throughout the region, but there’s always a concert in the main squar …
What’s The Best National Holiday To Celebrate In North Korea?
6 February 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
You know that feeling when Spring has officially sprung, summer is only one month away and the weather is absolutely glorious? That’s May Day in North Korea. Which, after the cold winter months is extremely welcomed by everyone. As a result, May Day is …
3 Amazing Tribes of Papua New Guinea
5 February 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Like something from an adventure novel, many of the tribes of Papua New Guinea wear elaborate masks and body paint, some beautiful and some terrifying. During August in Mount Hagen, there is a mass festival where all the tribes in the surrounding regio …
